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Artvocacy 2008 Photos

troyjmorris — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:53:23 CDT

Here are some featured pieces by some of the Artvocacy 2008 Artists

by Lana	by Fasika Moges
by Paul Cotinsky	by Vitaly Sa'd

Donate to the IRC

SayeedaA — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:41:42 CDT

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general info about IRC donations

Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee is the world’s leading nonsectarian, non-profit, voluntary organization providing assistance to refugees. IRC offers ongoing relief and resettlement services for families and children who are the victims of totalitarian oppression and persecution, and those uprooted by war, violence, and famine. The Seattle branch of the IRC empowers refugees to achieve self-sufficiency, community integration, and independence as they rebuild their lives. Since 1976, more than 18,000 refugees from 30 countries have resettled in Washington State with the help of IRC. Staff provides ongoing case management, job preparation and placement services, volunteer mentoring services, as well as literacy and language support. Your donation will go directly to refugee families resettling in South King County.

how to donate?

The following items must be clean and in good condition. IRC does not have laundry or dishwashing facilities, so please wash all items prior to donation. Please label all boxes/bags containing donations. If possible, transport of items to our storage unit in Tukwila is always appreciated. For a drop off appointment please contact our In-Kind Donation Coordinator at 206.431 0333
or 206.623 2105 or seattle@theirc.org .

what do we need?

Clothing (Seasonally Only) • Coats, Hats, and Gloves • Sweaters and Sweatshirts Kitchen Items • Pots and Pans • Sets of Dishes • Mixing and Serving Bowls • Baking Dishes • Tableware (forks, knives, spoons) • Cups/ Glasses • Cooking Utensils (spatulas, serving spoons, can openers, etc.) • Microwaves Household Items and Linens • Alarm Clocks and Wall Clocks • Wrist Watches • Telephones • Unstained Sheets (twin and full sized) • Pillowcases • Blankets and Bedspreads • Towels, Wash Cloths • Shower Curtains and Rings • Bathroom Rugs Cleaning Supplies • Vacuum Cleaners and Bags • Mops and Brooms • Waste Baskets • Laundry Baskets Cleaning Products (new and unopened) • Kitchen and Bathroom Cleaners • All Purpose and Glass Cleaners • Dish Soap • Sponges • Paper Towels • Laundry Detergent Children’s Items • Backpacks • School Supplies • Cribs • Strollers • Car Seats Personal Items (new and unopened) • Shampoo and Conditioner • Soap • Razors and Shaving Cream • Toothpaste and Toothbrushes • Lotion • Women’s Products • Diapers Electronics • Televisions • VCR and DVD Players • Lamps and Light Bulbs • Radios, Tape Players and CD Players • Functional Computers • Computer Speakers and Printers Furniture • Small Tables ( TV tables, night stands, coffee tables, etc.) • Dressers and Small Shelves • Small Desks • Couches • Arm Chairs Thank you for your support!

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Refugee Artvocacy Artists

eahlizabeth — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:26:12 CDT

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Learn more about the amazing refugee artists that make ArtVocacy what it is!

ARTISTS

Janet Saryadegar \| Iran	Saw Kennedy \| Burma
I have been drawing for over 25 years. While working for the airlines, I attended school to become a professional artist. I graduated last December in Fine Arts and have been actively creating new works ever since. I have created over 100 unique artworks including drawings, paintings, frescos, collages, mosaics, and sculptures. My medium ranges from acrylic, oil, water color, stone, marble, ink, charcoal, paper, and egg-tempera. I have also made over 50 computer illustrations. My genre varies from exact reproduction of old master’s paintings to abstract art. I prefer original work that exceeds boundaries of conventional thought. Born and raised in Iran and lived in Europe for two years before immigrated into the United States 15 years ago. Traveling abroad has expanded my understanding of art and given an international dimension to my work.	Saw Kennedy comes from a family of talented Karen artists. In 2000 Saw Kennedy fled Burma with his pregnant wife and arrived in Umpium Mai Refugee Camp in Thailand. When a friend discovered Kennedy’s artistic talents, he was offered a position as an art teacher at the Youth Development Center in the camp. He did such an excellent job that many of his students are now artists in their own right. While in the camp, Kennedy also drew illustrations for an educational organization and for several student publications. This work brought him to the attention of the Burmese government who have placed Saw Kennedy’s name on a watch list for those the government believes are a threat to the Burmese Junta’s oppressive rule. In 2006, Saw Kennedy’s work was exhibited in the IRC’s first Refugee Artvocacy show, while he was still living in the Thai refugee camp. In May 2008, Saw Kennedy was resettled in Western Washington and we are very excited that he will join us this year and show some of his recent pieces.
Fariah Al Sabti \| Iraq	Danielle Poole \| U.S.
I’m Iraqi and my name is Fariah Al Sabti. I began my work in 1991 making soft dolls until 1998. After that, in 1998, I began working as a wedding planner with my friend, decorating chocolates for baby showers and wedding showers until 2000. My hobbies include making table cloths and other crafts.	Danielle Poole is a Seattle University student who documented the first month of a Burmese refugee family’s resettlement in Tukwila, WA. The images convey the family’s resiliency as they undertake the challenges of establishing a new existence in the United States.
Lana \| Moldova	Igor Kashinsky\|Russia
I was born in 1980 in the city of Kishinyov, Moldova as one of the six children of Aleksandr and Dina Adzhigirey. We immigrated to the US in 1991, directly to Federal Way, WA. I still reside there with my husband Pavel Melnik. I am currently working as a critical care registered nurse for the Franciscan Health System andpursuing a Masters degree in Nursing Leadership from University of Washington in Tacoma. I have been sketching and painting since high school. In the last 5 years I've been exploring different mediums such as acrylics and oils. The process of creating my art helps me deal with life changes, stressful situations and express opinions. I am inspired by Vasily Kandinskiyand other modern artists.	Igor Kashinsky was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1982. In 2001 he studied in St. Petersburg State Academic of Art Lyceum at the Russian Academy of Arts dedicated to B. V. Ioganson. St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1998 Artistic School #1 at St. Petersburg, Russia. In addition to several publications, his artwork has been displayed in several group, and solo exhibitions both in the U.S. and in Russia. His work has earned him several awards and honors.
Lorenzo Jimenez-Ortiz \| Guatemala	Fasika Moges \| Ethiopia
Lorenzo Jimenez-Ortiz is 20 years old, originally from Guatemala. Lorenzo is proud of his Mayan heritage and says that the inspiration for his paintings comes from both the natural beauty of his homeland and the landscapes that he has come to love in his new home. He is an asylee who has been living in the Seattle area for the last 3 years. Lorenzo is currently working towards a technical degree in auto mechanics at Shoreline Community College.	Fasika Moges is a contemporary artist, with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. Mr. Moges' art combines an interest in tradition with modern style and expression. His paintings range from highly abstract to almost realistic, and from traditional to innovative in technique, the use of color and texture, and the choice of tools and materials. Mr. Moges' mastery in both the art and the craft of painting, gained by years of study and experience, allows for great freedom and flexibility with which his concepts are brought to life.
Poul A. Costinksy\| Former USSR	Petro Markovych \|Ukraine
Poul A. Costinsky was born in former USSR, in city of Lvov, on border with Poland. He finished Lvov’s art school, class of painting, in 1982. Later he moved to Moscow, where he participated in the underground art scene. In 1998, he moved to Seattle, and inspired by city’s artistic energy, started new series of paintings, which culminated in his first show on American soil, in Pitcairn Scott Gallery, in April 2002. Since then he regularly shows in the gallery and various other venues in Seattle. At some time, trying to convince public and critics that he is not representative of “bold surrealism from behind Iron Curtain” (from Stranger’s art review, he half jokingly invented new art movement, called polyrealism. It stuck, and now is the name of his web site, http://polyrealism.com. He mostly paints oil on canvas, but sometimes uses other media like Japanese ink on paper, acrylics, spray paints, and sometimes even a photo camera. His art reflects on human condition in our hectic age, the nature of beauty of body, soul and nature around us. His art credo comes as a quote from a Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, who, once asked how to become a real artist, answered: “if you can help it, don’t”. Probably Poul just cannot help it.	Petro Markovych, a well-known artist in his native Ukraine, has been creating work in ceramics, in metal, and on canvas for over thirty years. A muralist as well, he designed interiors for the spa which welcomed returning cosmonauts. His extensive training and apprenticeships also found expression as a teacher at several levels, including the illustration of children's books. In the 60's, Petro participated in the movement which rebelled against the "socialist realism" that furthered Soviet propaganda. As a result of his conversion to Christianity in 1976, he was expelled from the Union of Writers and Artists, which prevented him from exhibiting in State-sponsored museums and galleries. The move did, however, launch his career as a sought-after evangelist. In the era of Perestroika and Glasnost, Petro was "rehabilitated" such that major exhibits of his work were covered by State Television and reviewed in collections in Germany and Israel. Steeped in all of the major schools of art, Petro employs whatever mode is required to give his own interpretation of an experience, event, or idea. Often, he will explore the same motif in various media to see how form and content affect each other. Sometimes, what Petro did and how he did it was determined by political pressure: "The more we were harassed the more abstract our work emerged. As the pressure abated, we became more naturalistic." With other artists, he responded to the specter of Chornobyl. In the United States now since October 1991, Petro, his wife Svitlana and their two children reside in Renton, Washington with other refugees, learning English as the first requirement for a continuing career
Nha Vuu \|Vietnam	Vitaly Saad \| Ukraine
In 1979, Nha Vuu (of Chinese ethnicity) and her family fled from their home in Vietnam to escape communist persecution. After living for two years as refugees the Vuu family was granted asylum in the United States. Nha, lived in Seattle for twenty years before making a bold return to Asia to study Chinese painting and travel abroad. Nha lived in Taiwan for nearly five years and had the privilege of studying under two masters. Lin Ruo-Yu and Cai Mao-Song. By combining the teachings of two masters, Nha Vuu has developed her own style which embraces ancient yet sophisticated concepts of emptiness as well as contemporary brushstrokes which give her work “life-movement.” With a firm foundation beneath her feet Nha’s style is free to evolve on its own.	Vitaly Saad was born on January 1, 1949 in western Ukraine. He came to the U.S. on July 12, 1995. Vitaly spent his whole childhood creating art, and graduated from the Lwiv college in Ukraine in 1970 with an Art Design focus. Vitaly's paintings mostly use oil and have been in quite a few exhibitions in Ukraine and the U.S. Vitaly also has sculptures in some local parks. He is inspired by the impressionist era artists. His life desire is to take his life experiences, education and spiritual knowledge and transform them into a picture.

PERFORMERS

Jay-one \| Sudan	Karen Don Dance Team \| Burma
I came from a talented family... My family had a hard time moving around because my dad and my older sis died and my older brother was left behind. My mom heard there was a place my people called the land of freedom so she made it her goal to get me and my lil sis up there even if it meant her being left behind. We came to N.Y … and … there was a little family out side looking for us. Then more people came then the whole church … they showed us how to hang out the U.S way, feeding us food we never had in are lives!!...I never smileso hard before in my life…. When I was 16 my best friend balla boy came to Tennessee we made our first song called (go head). And we got the name A-Ryders from our first producer named jigga man. Then we took off from there. And my name is Jay-one (Jay) is my name and me and my pep's got (one) voice so just hope and pray you'll see me in the same label with AKON!!!	The Karen people are an ethnic group from Burma. The Karen comprise approximately 1 in 7 of the total Burmese population. These groups of dancers are newly arrived refugees from Burma. Many have been in US for 3-8 months only.
Burundian Choir \| Burundi	Chin Musicians \| Burma

Tibetan Music \| Tibet
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Roosevelt Dancers\| Cambodia
The Roosevelt Dancers is a Tacoma-based performing arts program which offers free after-school Cambodian dance instruction to youth of all ages and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Established in 1990 by an ESL teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School, in response to the needs of Cambodian students whose families had recently immigrated to Tacoma, it quickly grew to include youth from other cultures. Now a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, the program continues to provide urban youth with ongoing positive activities and support from caring adults, which cultivates a sense of belonging, artistic expression, self-esteem, and a variety of life skills. Performing, traveling, and meeting people from diverse backgrounds broadens their view of the world and expands their life experiences.

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What is Artvocacy?

wetpaint — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:50:24 CDT

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 6/12/2008
Sayeeda Afreen
Community Relations Coordinator, IRC
(206) 623-2105
Sayeeda.Afreen@theirc.org.

WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL REFUGEE ARTISTS

On Friday June 20th, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Seattle will host the third
annual Refugee ArtVocacy in celebration of World Refugee Day. Many refugees who arrive
in the Puget Sound area have fled perilous and oppressive conditions in their home countries. The IRC Seattle alone has resettled over 18,000 refugees since opening its offices in 1976 and currently resettles
450 people on average each year.

Refugee ArtVocacy will feature works by individuals from around the world who are now
living in the Puget Sound area, including special performances by the Tibetan Dance Troupe,
the Roosevelt Cambodian Dance Troupe, and Hosana Burundian Choir.

Also performing are two Sudanese hip hop acts: Jay One, solo rapper and an all-girl hip
hop band, entitled Black Hospitality. Visual artists with work on display will include
Saw Kennedy (Myanmar), Fasika Moges (Ethiopia), Lorenzo Jimenez (Guatemala),
Nha Vuu (Vietnam), Janet Saryadegar (Iran) and Igor Kashinskiy, Vitaly Saad,
Poul Costinsky and Petro Markovich (Russia).

Guests can anticipate a wide range of fine arts, traditional crafts, and modern artistic
expressions, reflecting the diversity and value of the cultural contributions that refugees
make in our communities. ArtVocacy takes place on June 20th from 7:00-9:30pm at the
Seattle Center House. Sponsors include ArtTech, 4Culture, Seattle Center and the IRC.

About the IRC
The International Rescue Committee is the world's largest non-profit, non-sectarian
volunteer organization providing ongoing relief, protection and resettlement services to
refugees worldwide who are the victims of oppression and persecution, or uprooted by war, violence and famine. The IRC Seattle regional office opened in 1976 and has resettled approximately 18,000 refugees
from over 30 countries. The Seattle resettlement office resettles some 450 refugees every
year and provides housing, case management, employment assistance and immigration
services. In addition, IRC programs offer technical assistance, naturalization services and advocacy
for refugees throughout King County. More information about the IRC is available at
www.theirc.org/seattle.

Contact: Sayeeda Afreen, Community Relations Coordinator
Sayeeda.Afreen@theIRC.org,
206.623-2105 ext 109

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Artvocacy Seattle

wetpaint — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:15:29 CDT

what is Refugee ArtVocacy?

Refugee ArtVocacy is an exhibition by King County artists and performers who came to the US as refugees. ArtVocacy is a way for these artists to celebrate their talents and skills with other refugees as well as with the greater community. ArtVocacy's artists and performers recognize the vital cultural contributions of the world’s refugees and seek to raise awareness of the oppression throughout the world that creates refugee crises.

Find out more about our awesome annual art and awareness event!

What is ArtVocacy? »

featured artists

Before Refugee ArtVocacy, find out more about the artists and their work here!

Meet our artists »

about the irc

Curious about what we do? Learn all about the International Rescue Committee and the amazing work they do.

Learn about The IRC »

get involved!

Want to learn how you can get involved with ArtVocacy Seattle? Look no further!

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featured photo

See more photos from ArtVocacy 2007 »

donate now

Get up and close and personal with the people that make the event happen!

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meet the ArtVocacy volunteers...

Get up and close and personal with the people that make the event happen!

Meet our volunteers »

contact us

IRC Seattle, WA
100 South King Street, Ste. 570
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206.623.2105
E-mail: Seattle@theIRC.org
Contact a Staff Member

Meet the Artvocacy Volunteer Team

troyjmorris — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:12:53 CDT

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THE FACES BEHIND THE EVENT

Meet the people that make Artvocacy Seattle happen (Send a friendly "Hello!" to any volunteer by simply clicking on the link or on his/her picture). If you're a volunteer, add your name, position, and photo below by clicking EasyEdit above!

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Bev Page, Volunteer	Sayeeda Afreen	Jennifer Malloy	Megan Anderson

Sasha V-Kolp, Volunteer SWer	Meredith Vacek, Volunteer	Chako Suzuki, Volunteer Curator and Graphic Designer	Liv Gozdek, Volunteer

Nelly Gozdek, Volunteer	ElizabethCromwell, Volunteer	Alda Tchochiev, Volunteer

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Artvocacy 2007 Photo Gallery

sugarboots — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:32:27 CDT

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LOOKING BACK: ARTVOCACY SEATTLE 2007

Missed the event last summer at CHAC? Checking out our Artvocacy Seattle 2007 photo gallery is the next best thing! If you were there, post up your snaps of the event or take a trip down memory lane! Check out even more photos in our Artvocacy Seattle 2007 Photo Album.

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	Tatjana's Traditional Ukrainian outfit
Slava'a painting	Mohammed Dhar's wares
	Chuck and Katie

Kinnally	Kinnaly

Behar Bosnian Dance Troupe

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Get Involved

sugarboots — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:23:36 CDT

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WE NEED YOUR HELP! VOLUNTEER FOR ARTVOCACY SEATTLE

UPDATE: Erin Murphy is looking for volunteers June 20, the day of Artvocacy! Contact her at Erin.Murphy@theirc.org.

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Artist Outreach

SayeedaA — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:34:36 CDT

Volunteer	Contact Name	Date	Follow up
Chako Suzuki	Nha Vuu, artist	4/28/08	Will participate
Chako Suzuki / Sayeeda	Kultur Shock, band	4/30/08	The drummer will be in town 6/20 and will talk to the band re performing, no go yet- sayeeda
Megan Anderson	Rodney, NSCC art gallery staff	3/28/08
Alda Tchochiev	Fine Art Vision Gallery - Igor Kashinsky-artist	5/02/08	Will Participate
Alda	Petro Markovich, artist	5/04/08	Will Participate (most likely)
Alda	Diem Chau, artist	5/02/08
Alda	Karrie Baas- Baas Gallery	5/12/08	No Love
Megan Anderson	NSCC campus	5/12/08	plastered campus
Bev Page	www.seattle.craigslist.org/ats/	5/13/08	posted call for artists
Erika Berg	Tibetan singers and dancers	5/27/08	Will participate
Erika Berg	Jay and Chuol, Sudanese hip hop performing artists	5/21/08	Will participate
Erika Berg	Vietnamese performance group	5/21/08	Pending
Erika Berg	Iraqi musician	5/21/08	Pending
Jen Malloy	Hosana Burundian Choir	5/15/08	Will participate
Jen Malloy	Roosevelt Cambodian Dance Troupe	5/15/08	Will participate
Jen Malloy	Burmese Chin Musicians	5/16/08	Will participate
Jen Malloy	Flyers- Columbia City	5/17/08	In process
Sasha V-Kolp	SCCC, Highline, Bellevue Community College	4/15/08	sent flyers to art department leads
Meredith	CD Ethiopian businesses	5/15/08	flyered
Sasha V-Kolp	Mohamed Sultan, contact thru Valerie Welsch	5/10/08	Sayeeda will follow up
Sayeeda	Hidmo		owner will distribute and contact artists
Sayeeda	UW - Ethnomusicology	5/17	flyer'd & prof's/student will approach and recruit artists
Sayeeda	Fadumo -		will do henna
Sayeeda	Paul Rucker- Mayor's office	5/19	sent flyers and info, he will outreach within network
Sayeeda	rogue pinay/el dia/ phillipina	5/19	sent email, will follow up
Sayeeda	Lorenzo/ guatemalan youth	5/21	will participate
Sayeeda	Kay (Koloud) Tarapolsi	5/19	will sell "arab" art
Sayeeda	Negin Almassi	5/20	will outreach in the iranian community
Sayeeda	Seattle Spin, Seattle times, stranger, colors, s weekly, idealist	5/20	posted events calendars
Meredith	KIA, Pinay Sa	5/20	Sent emails to khmerinaction@gmail and pinayinfo@gmail
Alda	last year's artist's	5/18	e-mailed all Poul Costinsky and Cao Khan will paritcipate
Alda	Urbandesign	5/20	will participate
Sayeeda	Burmese Dance group	5/21	will participate
Sayeeda	Sultan Mohammed	5/21	will be out of town
Sayeeda	Fasika Moges	5/22	Will participate/
Sayeeda	Haneen	5/27	Will participate- sells kuffiya's
Sayeeda	Twenseng - Tibetan Handicrafts	5/27	Will participate - sell crafts

Sayeeda	Danielle Poole	5/27	will send scanned pics for review. have show on june 12 if anyone wants to see the displays/ will participate
Sayeeda	Tajin/ Rebecca	6/3	rapper/ will participate
Sayeeda	Saw Kennedy	6/3	Artist/ Will participate
Sayeeda	Fariah Mohammed al Sabti	6/3	iraqi textiles/ will participate
Sayeeda	Janet	6/3	iranian artist/ may participate

Artvocacy Seattle Volunteers

BevPage — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:09:29 CDT

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Cornish student "Sandra" will volunteer with installation of visual art. - Bev

I'm signed up to be a greeter! -Meredith

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Artvocacy Seattle Press

sugarboots — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:06:50 CDT

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Artvocacy Seattle Artists

sugarboots — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:05:26 CDT

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